Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: DAILY PICTURES #101, 3 by mellielong

mellielong wrote:
Finally, I found a Zebra Longwing on something other than porterweed or jatropha! Shocking, I know - but it was checking out the coneflower. I also got a picture of both a Zebra Longwing (white) and Gulf Frit (orange) caterpillar on the same passion vine leaf. I started singing "Ebony and Ivory" to them which Dad found amusing. And finally, there's a look at the sky about ten minutes before we had to come in. Did you know Tampa is the lightning capital of this hemisphere? There's one place in Africa that has us beat but otherwise we get the most lightning of anywhere on this planet! So we're taught from young children to go inside and seek shelter when storms get close. Plus, there's snacks inside - and I'm going to go eat some now!

Melanie